Excess Fat Grafting Under Eye/Malar Area. Shows when I Smile and Makes my Face More Uneven. Can an Excision Be Made?

It's 20 days since i've done a lateral canthopexy and malar fat grafting, took from my own body. Besides the eyes looking as they did before surgery (droopy and sad) now there's excess fat on the right side of my face in the malar area.it looks horrible and it shows even more when i smile. My plastic surgeon is a disaster and i wont think he'll do or have the capabilities to do better and remove the fat, what can i do now?what are my options?

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20 Days after Facial Fat Grafting

March 12th, 2013

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Give the result some time to develop. At 20 days you will likely lose additional volume. I would wait 3 months and then you have a couple of options. If amenable to microcannula liposuction, that is one. The second would be direct excision from a lower eyelid approach. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

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